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There are many ways of fundraising for charitable projects. The Tibet Healthcare Project is very grateful for your time, effort and interest.

Rules and Regulations

Please contact Victoria Long of Rokpa UK (charity@rokpauk.org).

Useful Tips

General advice:

Set your sponsorship target - aim high!
Seek help from your friends - network, friends of friends - you will collect more than you thought possible, but you need to work at it
Think about organising small events, a coffee morning, disco, jumble sale or a car boot sale - whatever you feel comfortable with. The only limit is your imagination!
Start your sponsorship early - well in advance of the event
When you approach people for sponsorship, ask them if they would mind giving you the money NOW - offer a receipt (we can provide you with a book if you need it). It is easier to give money back should you have to pull out of the event, as opposed to trying to collect after the event - people lose interest quickly, and often find excuses for not giving you the money
Always maintain a record of your sponsors and ensure that your list reflects those who have paid and those who have still to give you their contribution
If you belong to a club or association, get them involved either as a sponsor, by organising a fundraising event, or by 'matching' the funds you raise

1. Plan - Discuss with friends, colleagues, and management how easily the event can be organised

Do we have the people to make all parts of the project run smoothly?
Will the event cost us anything to get off the ground?
Arrange a date
What resources do we need?
How do we publicise the event?
What can go wrong?
Can we get a celebrity? (There are generally tame celeb's in your local area, or people who may give their time)

2. Publicise - Your event must be well publicised if it is to be a success

At work:

Work notice boards
Company magazine
Announced at briefings
Word of mouth

At home:

Leaflets to families
Leaflets to local suppliers
Announced on local radio
Advertisement in local paper
Notices placed in public places in the community, for example, surgeries, libraries, local shops

The media (local newspaper editor, radio and TV station):

What the event is
Who is involved?
Why the event is taking place
When, where and what time?
Contact name for further information

A to Z of Fundraising Ideas

Abseiling
Aerobic-a-thon
Antiques fair
Arts or crafts stall/exhibition/fair
Auction of promises
Auctions
Bad hair/tie day
Badminton tournament
Baked beans bath
Balloon races
Barbeque
Barn dance
Beard shaving
Bed push
Beer race
Bike ride
Bingo
Bits and pieces (music quiz)
Blind date evening
BMX bike display, or competition
Bonfire night
Book/comic sale
Boot sale
Bouncy castle - it could be a sponsored event, e.g number of bounces per minute!
Bridge tournament
Bring and buy sale
Cabarets/talent shows
Cake sale
Caption competition at work
Car boot sale
Car washing
Cards and gifts
Carnival
Carol singing
Celebrity auction
Cheese and wine
Children's fun day
Christmas cards - making and selling them, or selling bought cards
Christmas fair
Clairvoyant
Clay pigeon shoot
Coffee morning
Competitions
Computer games knockout, best if played in pairs
Concert
Cook books - writing a class or school cookbook that can then be sold
Cookery contest (e.g ready steady cook - could be the teachers!)
Craft fair
Cricket match
Cycle-a-thon
Dance marathon
Darts
Dinner dance/ball
Dinner party
Discos/raves
Dog show / walk
Donkey derby
Dragon boat race
Dry cornflakes/cream cracker-eating contest
Easter egg hunt
Easter party
Exhibition
Expedition
Expert talk
Face painting
Fairs, fetes, bazaars, etc
Fame academy show
Family fun day
Fancy dress
Fashion show
Fete
Fill a sack - £5 into £50
Film premiere
Fire walking
Fireworks party
Flag day
Flower/fruit/vegetable show/sale/display/stall
Foam party - fill paddling or swimming pool with foam and then party!
Football tournament
Fun run
Gala evening
Game shows (e.g stars in their eyes, wheel of fortune, blockbusters, blind date etc)
Garden party
Gigs (local bands play in school)
Gladiators/gladifakers
Go-karting
Golf tournament
Guess the weight
Gymkhana
Hair beading/plaiting
Haircut
Halloween party
Head shaving
Hockey
Horror fancy dress night
Horse show
House to house collection
Hula-hooping
Ice skating show
Instrument relay over 24 hours
It's a knockout competition
Jazz night
Jewellery collection and sale
Job swaps
Jog-athon
Judo competition or display
Jumble sale
Karaoke competition/display
Keep fit event
Kissathon
Kite flying
Knitting fair
Knobbly knee contest
Lawn mowing
Lilo races
Line dancing
London marathon
Longest chain of paper-clips, line of coins, etc
Lottery - can be choco lotto where numbers are put onto sweet packets
Luncheon
Marathon events - table tennis, aerobics, line dancing, badminton, etc (in shift teams)
Midnight film shows/parties/etc
Mile of coins
Mini marathon
Mufti/non-uniform/denim/tracksuit/etc day
Murder mystery night
Musical evening
Nearly new sale
Netball match
New year's eve dance/party
Night-time hide and seek, using torches
No smoking
No work day, students choose what they want to do
Non-uniform day
Obstacle course
Office collection day
Old-time music hall
One hundred club - raising £100 every week, half term or term, or a fundraising club with 100 members in it
Open day
Original artwork sale
Pancake day race/competition
Panel games
Pantomime
Parachute jump
Parties - school birthday/anniversary, etc
Pedal push
Penalty shoot-out competition
Penny mile, where coins are lined up and measured - can be done in teams
Pet show
Photographic competitions
Picnic
Plant a tree
Plant sale
Polo
Pram push
Pub games
Public speak-a-thon?
Quiz night
Races
Radio campaign
Raffle
Rag week
Ramble
Rapping contest, show or sponsored event
Read-a-thon
Rugby match
Running events
Santa's grotto
Scavenger hunt
School fair
Scoff-a-hotdog competition
Seventies disco night
Shades for a day
Shoe-clean
Shop window display
Silence
Silent auction
Silly games afternoons: egg and spoon, silly races, wet sponge throwing, etc
Sing
Skateboard display
Skills auction
Skydive
Soap episodes show or theme day
Sports contests
Sports day
Squash tournament
Stalls at fairs etc (e.g cakes, plants, books)
Stand-up comedy
Strawberry and cream tea party
Student-teacher swap day
Supermarket trolley dash
Swap-shop
Swear box
Sweepstake
Swim-a-thon
Tea party
Teddy bears' picnic
Tennis tournament
Theme days/evenings (e.g countries - French, Spanish; soap operas, past-eras etc)
Themed dinner party
Themed fashion parade
Thon family, marathon, walkathon, slimathon
Three-legged walks
Throwing wet sponges at a person/teacher in stocks, great at a summer fair!
Tombola
Top of the pops show
Toy appeal
Treasure hunt
Treks
Trivia quiz
Tug-of-war
Tv/don't watch tv
Underwear party
Uniform days (for schools without a uniform and/or for teachers)
University challenge
Unwanted gift sale
Valentines day
Variety show
Vegetable eating competition
Volleyball tournament
Wacky races
Walk-a-dog
White elephant stall
Who's that baby? (bring in photos of themselves as babies)
Window cleaning
Wine tasting
Wishing well
X-files day (use your imagination - the ideas are out there!)
Xmas fair/panto/party
Yacht race
Yoga marathon
Zoo quiz

Some more detailed guidance for 9 fundraising ideas:

Collections at local sports matches - You will need to get a group of about ten people together. Contact any sports clubs in your area and ask them if you can collect at half time. If they agree, then ask if they would mention it in the programme the week before or on the day and announce it over the public address. You can then collect around the ground at half time. Fancy dress would be good as it always attracts attention and means you will collect more. Third and fourth division football clubs are especially good for this
Collections at service stations/train stations - Fancy dress and friends to help are a very good idea. You will need to contact individual service stations/train stations to get permission
Bag packing/ collection at local supermarket - Get help from a few friends. You will need to get permission from the supermarket. They do book up well in advance so you will need to plan for this and contact them early
Quiz night at local pub - if your local pub already holds a quiz night, ask if the proceeds can be donated. Make sure that you advertise this in posters beforehand, people will dip in to their pockets more readily. If your pub doesn't already hold a quiz speak to the landlord of your local pub to ask if you can hold a pub quiz to raise funds. Choose a mid week night and the quiz should bring in more business for the pub. You can ask the landlord to throw in a basic buffet for free - lots of pubs do!
Piggy back other events - Look out for local events such as summer fetes or local dances where you can hold a tombola, raffle or cake stall to raise donation money
Donation rather than birthday presents - If you have a birthday coming up, ask for donations towards your sponsorship instead of presents
Dress down day/ non-uniform day - These work well in your children's school or in the workplace. Charge each person £1 or £2 to come in for the day in non-uniform /casual dress
Fancy dress pub crawl - Grab a few mates for this, do it in fancy dress and it can be very good fun! You will need to plan your route beforehand and get permission from all the pubs involved to collect. You will not need a license, as this is private property. Ask the pubs to provide you all with a free drink when you go in and then charge your friends £10 to join the pub crawl. They will more than make up this money in free drinks
Skills auction - This works really well in the workplace. Get your colleagues to donate their 'skills' from dressmaking to tea-making and everything in between! Get your boss to offer to make the tea or wash someone's car and watch the bidding shoot up!

Fundraising Ideas for Children

Active - Choose something challenging, maybe walking 5 miles, swimming 100 lengths or even eating 20 donuts (!) and get sponsored to do it
Casual - Ask your teacher if your class can have a charity 'own-clothes' day and ask everyone to pay £1 to wear his or her own clothes
Grow - Buy a packet of seeds, plant them and let them grow. Then sell the big plants for a bigger profit
Culture - Get together with friends and hold a recital for your family and neighbours. You could sing songs, play an instrument, recite poems or tell jokes!
Eat - Organise an afternoon tea party at your house. Ask your neighbours to bring cakes, biscuits and drinks, and charge people 50p entrance!
Go Without - Give up something you would really miss, like sweets or TV and get people to sponsor you for each day that you manage to go without
Video - Do your parents own a camcorder? If so, make your own mini-film and charge people to watch
Make a Snake - Organise a money snake! Mark out a long wiggly line 30 metres long, and get people to donate their 2p pieces to complete the money snake
Stop Talking -Hold a sponsored silence. Ask your parents and neighbours to sponsor you to keep quiet! You could ask them to sponsor you for the whole day or per hour
Clean - Get together with your friends to clean the cars in your neighbourhood for a fee. Or clean the cars in the school car park during lunch hour
Bake - Ask your mum to help you and your friends bake some cakes. Then ask your teacher if you can have a bake sale at school during a break
Shop - Do you know an elderly neighbour who you could do odd jobs for? You could offer to do their shopping or other errands for a small donation
Sell - Ask your teacher if you could hold a bring-and-buy sale for your class, or even the whole school! Bring in your old toys and books to sell
Dance - Ask your teacher if they can help you organise a school disco
Create - For those talented artists out there. Design a Christmas card that is easy to make lots of, and sell them to your family and friends
Fashion - Ask your parents/friends to donate their old clothes and hold a 'recycled' fashion show for your school or neighbourhood

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